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Sahitya Sangita Kala Vihinah PDF

Full Sahitya Sangita Kala Vihinah lyrics — Sanskrit, transliteration and meaning. Save as PDF or print in one click.

साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनः साक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः। तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानस् तद्भागधेयं परमं पशूनाम्॥

sāhitya-saṅgīta-kalā-vihīnaḥ sākṣāt paśuḥ puccha-viṣāṇa-hīnaḥ। tṛṇaṁ na khādann api jīvamānas tad bhāgadheyaṁ paramaṁ paśūnām॥

A person devoid of literature, music and the arts is, in plain truth, a beast without a tail and horns; it is the supreme good fortune of the other animals that, though he lives without eating grass, he is still counted a man and not one of them. Bhartrhari wittily declares that the cultivation of arts and letters is what raises a human being above the brute.